Unique Club of Brooklyn v Excelsior Club of Philadelphia on 3 October 1867
| Date of Game | Thursday, October 3, 1867 |
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| Location | Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Field | Satellite Grounds |
| Home Team | Unique Club of Brooklyn |
| Away Team | Excelsior Club of Philadelphia |
| Score | 37 - 42 |
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| Innings | 7 (called for darkness) |
| Number of Players | 9 |
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| NY Rules | Yes |
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| Description | From the New York Sunday Mercury, October 6, 1867: THE COLORED CHAMPIONSHIP – The contest for the championship of the colored clubs played on October 3, on Satellite grounds, Brooklyn, attracted the largest crowd of spectators seen in the grounds this season, half of whom were white people. The Philadelphians brought on a pretty rough crowd, one of them being arrested for insulting the reporters. They also refused to have a Brooklyn umpire, and insisted upon an incompetent fellow’s acting whose decisions led to disputes in every inning. The Excelsiors took the lead from the start, and in the sixth inning led by a score of 37 to 24. But in the seventh inning the Brooklyn party pulled up and were rapidly gaining ground, when the Philadelphians refused to play further on account of the darkness. A row then prevailed. The following particulars, as far as the reporters could record the contest, the black members of the organization imitating their white brethren in betting and partisan rancor which resulted from it: EXCELSIOR [Philadelphia]: Price, 3b; Scott, c; Francis, 2b; Clark, p; Glasgow, 1b; Irons, cf; Hutchinson, lf; Brister, rf; Bracy, ss. UNIQUE [Brooklyn]: Morse, cf; Fairman, p; H. Mobley, c; Peterson, 1b; Anderson, 2b; Bowman, 3b; D. Mobley, ss; Farmer, lf; Bunce, rf. Excelsior – 42 Unique – 37 (7 innings) Umpire: Mr. Patterson of the Bachelor Club Scorers: Messrs. Jewell and Auter --- In the same edition: A GRAND DISPLAY BY THE COLORED CLUBS The baseball organization among the colored population of Brooklyn, are in a fever of excitement over the advent of the celebrated champion Excelsior Club of Philadelphia, which colored nine will visit Brooklyn on October 3 to play two grand matches with the Eastern and Western Districts, the games being announced to come off on the Satellite Grounds on October 3rd and 4th. These organizations are composed of very respectable colored people well-to-do in this world, and the several nines of the three clubs include many first-class players. The visitors will receive due attention from their colored brethren of Brooklyn: and we trust, for the good name of the fraternity, that none of the “white trash” who disgrace white clubs, by following and bawling for them will be allowed to mar the pleasure of their social colored gathering.
New York Sunday Mercury, September 29, 1867: CONTEST BETWEEN COLORED CLUBS Arrangements have been made between the Excelsiors, of Philadelphia, and two Brooklyn clubs, all colored, to play two games for the colored championship of the United States at Satellite grounds, on the 3rd and 4th of October. We are informed that the contending clubs play a first-class game, and from the novelty of such an event colored clubs playing on an inclosed (sic) ground will excite considerable interest and draw a large crowd. -- From the New York Sunday Dispatch, 10/6/1867:
GRAND MATCH FOR THE COLORED CHAMPIONSHIP, NEW YORK VS. PHILADELPHIA The match between the Excelsiors of Philadelphia and the Uniques of Brooklyn played on the Satellite grounds on Thursday, the 3rd inst. Proved to be about an interesting, amusing, and laughable, as anything we have seen this season. Tony Pastor & the Minstrels - the band struck up “Rally around the flag boys & the nines marched into position – “Youm say dat man am out, and jis knock youm damn head off,” Players running the bases, unable to hear the decisions of the Umpire, were informed by their captain that, “Judgment says dat am out, or Judgment says dat am foul.” [box and line scores follow]
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| Sources | The Sunday Mercury, September 29, 1867 and October 6 ,1867 New York Sunday Dispatch, October 6, 1867
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| Comment | African American base ball. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Gregory Christiano |
| Submission Note | Emails of 11/17/2013 and 11/18/2013 |
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